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German
Etymology
verdinglichen + -ung
Pronunciation
Noun
Verdinglichung f (genitive Verdinglichung, plural Verdinglichungen)
- thingification, objectification, reification
- Synonym: Objektifizierung
1894, Karl Marx, chapter 51, in Friedrich Engels, editor, Das Kapital , III: Der Gesammtprocess der kapitalistischen Produktion, Hamburg: Otto Meissner, page 417:Es ist ferner schon in der Waare eingeschlossen, und noch mehr in der Waare als Produkt des Kapitals, die Verdinglichung der gesellschaftlichen Produktionsbestimmungen und die Versubjektivirung der materiellen Grundlagen der Produktion, welche die ganze kapitalistische Produktionsweise charakterisirt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2006 September 7, Thomas Assheuer, “Autos sind die besseren Menschen”, in Die Zeit:
Declension
Declension of Verdinglichung
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